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Variety
PH 3-3301 for Sales, Service
ican Volume, 40, Number 58
ocicct v^ity winuiaia
Scheduled by
Stamford Coin-O-Matir Clap
Two elections face voters of Lennan are candidates for re-
ie Stamford area in the next election in the Paint Creek
County. 1 and 4, citizens will
Wash has opened on the Haskell
Highway, next door to Reed Oil
Co, Service'Station.
'hie automatic car wash
business will be operated in
conjunction with the service*
station, according to Tom Reed,
owner of SI Reed Oil Co. estab-
lishments.In. Texas. .... _.
~ A .relatively new Inovation,
coin-operated car washes have
two precincts
Jones
Baseball Meeting
Slated Tonight
bWh springing up In cities'and
Stamford' Chamber of Com-1 will'-b# a time for making
mere** will dust off its summer signments and lining up n
to enable him to expand t<i a
larger scale.
but basically it is just as we
want it,” Doyle says.
large animal crossed Ittghwv
277 in front of his car.
"It was a big 'ole eat with a
long tail, lie Just Jumped over
the fence so easy and ran off
t
towns, throughout the nation
S'amford Coin-O-Matic la the
first constructed locally.
The establlahment will feature
a device for dispensing soapy,
warm water for washing. clear
water for rinaing. towels, and
vaeuum cleaner, according to
J. C. Holland, manager of both
the service station and the car-
wash establishment. All water
will go through a softening pro-
cess.
H?ed said the new business is
the second car wash to be in-
stalled at a sta'ion in his chain.
The other one is located at
Breckinridge.
Grand opening celebration
will be Tuesday, Wednesday and
ThursdayApril 7, and 9. A
free five-minute car wash will
be given. "
week. Saturday, three city school district. The election i candidates. J. E. Brown Is un-
likely will be 'held in the voca- opposed. in Precinct. 1 and the
Uonai agricultural building. _.] somf-ls, tjrue with . Clayton DO-
GOP Candidate
Coming Tuesday
Robert Morris, Republican
candidate for the United Sta*ss
Senate, will make a campaign
appearance in Stamford April 7
at 3 p.m. in the banquet room of
Wat’s Restaurant.
Morris is seeking the senate
seat currently held by Democrat
Ralph Yarborough. He will at-
tend a coffee la his honor spon-
sored by Jones County Repub-
licans.
The public ia invited.
Dog Vaccination
DaySet Friday
At Lueders
Friday, April -S, will be dog
vaccination day in Lueders. Dr.
David Rallard of Stamford will
Ik- at the vocational agriculture
building of Iho high school be-
tween the hours of 3 and 5 In the
afternoon.
A fee of $2!00 will be charged.
A vaccination tag and a certifi-
cate will be Issued.
A
councilmen will be elected, at
Stamford and a mayor and-two
rrmneIlmen will be selected at
Lueders. Tuesday, the varlo%
school districts will fie e t
trustees. .
Three candidates are unop-
posed for the three council
(Millions ’In"Stamford. ' FT *B.
Upshaw, Herschcl Kelley and
B. P. Davenport Jr. will seek
positions 1, 2 and 3 respec-
tively. These places are now
being vacated by Carl Swenaon.
L. E Million Jr., and Raymond
Hammer.
At Lueders. J. A. Warren, a
former city councilman, is op-
posing W. K. Winkles, presently
serving as a member of the
council, for tire mayor's post.
There are two vacancies on
the council with seven candidates
for the posts. These include G.
W. Stanford, An Incumbent; R.
E. Sanders, Roy Lee. Buntin,
Marshall Wyatt, J. A. Hamm.
E. B. Vaughan and Bedford
Felts.
Balloting for both the city and
school elections in Stamford and
Lueders will be at the city hall
of the respective towns.
Tills year, for the first time,
candidates for Stamford school
board will run for places.
Vernon Lovvorn is a candidate
for Place 1, and James H, West
is a candidate for Place 2. Both
men are currently serving on
the board.
There are two vacancies on
the board at Avoca with three
candidates announcing for the
positions. These are Carl Bear-
den, Curtis Brueggeman Mid
W, L- Jensen.
baseball organization and star-,
planning for the 1964 season at
a meeting tonight by the council
chambers of city hall beginning
at J:30 p.m.
For- perhaps the first time in
its existence, the program for
local youth will not be facing the
reason with a shortage or funds
Thanks to the United Fund drive
conduced last fall, the program
has $2,000 ready for use this sea-
son No fund drive will be neces-
sary . _______________________
Gaining financial support for
the summer baseball program
has always been one of the moat
difficult Jobs connected with
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county schdoi board
on
Mrs. Jessec Day
agers. umpires, league chairmen
and ior working out arrange-
ments on player agri*ements, In-
surance and schedules.'
Managers from last year have
been asked by the chambet to
check equipment and 'bring a
list of needs to get started.
Everyone who is interested In
the ycuth program Is urged to
attend.
The baseball program has
grown each, year since It was
started In 1952 and Last year,
more than 2»o boys partlclfHped
Teams are Operated for boys
7 through 18. Last season, the
teams were divided into Pee
making the program operate, -j wee league. Freshman League,
The Thursday night meeting i and juntor Lengue, and the'bro-
Methodist Group
Attends Easter
Sunrise Service
gram sponsored a Stamford
team in the Co'ton Belt League.
Rites Conducted
For Mrs. Adkins
Here Tuesday
A gti— 0 of young persons
ami their sponsors ftom KL-
John’s Methodist Church braved _ . , _ :
In the Lueders school election, 25-druree cold to see the an- Funeral service?.-Were con-
there are four candidates roi* nuai wio’ >ta Mountains !lasl.>r '.,uc,<^..Tuesday af*."rnoon 1n
two vacancies. Mack I)otv and a_____i__.....</.____..... St. John’s Methodist Church for
Mrs. E. W. Adkins. Sr.. 75, who
died Sunday night in Stamford
Memorial Hospital after being
hospitalized f.or nine d lys..
6r. Btirgln Watkins, pastor,
officiated. Burial was Tuesday
Explosion Aftermath—
The body of MrB. Jessee Day, 74, was found in the
flaming doorwav of her home at 810 E Campbell by
firemen. The charred doorway leading out of the
home onto a car port ia shown at left* Photograph at
right ghowa the wreckage in the southwest bed-
, room where the explosion was apparently strongest.
At the right of the chimney, dishes were still sitt ing-
on the shelf after the fire flames destroyed the roof
and left only charred walls standing. ■
Eagle Scout Honor
Awarded to Russell
two vacancies. Mack Doty .and , SunrlM> Service last Sunday at
L. H.
being
/ one*
• I T«m
Thomas, incumben's, are
opposed by IFH d R.
and Kenneth W. Hansen.
TUie Usautwhcnls at Sagerton,
Cart Hertcl and B. L. Boss, arc
seeking re-election to the school
board.
Ira Coleman and A. B. Me-
Mrs. C. F. Williams had as
Eas'er weekend visitors her
brother. Dale Moody, and his
wife from Abernathy, her son.
Charles Frank, and wife and
also a friend from Fort Worth.
the Holy (Tty of Oklahoma,
near Lawton.
This drama nj the life n{
Christ has been presumed each
Master Sunday for Iho past 19
♦ars al a huge outdoor thea-~
,y„ ____________ jafteinoon in Seymour Cemetcry
at Seymour.'- with Kinney
Functal Home In charge.
The service began at 2 a. m.
Sunday and ended at dawn.
The St. John's group trav-
eled to the service by chartered
bus. On the return trip, they
stopped in Burkhurnelt-to at-
tend Master morning church
services.
Irrigation System May Be
Ready for Mass Production
A veteran Stamford business-
man is manufacturing a craw-
ler-type irrigation system, which
could become popular enough
with South Plains Sprinkler-
irrigation farmers to demand a
large-scale production plant
here. „
Elmer Doyle, who has operat-
ed an auto-machinc shop here
for several years, has sold and
delivered one of his unique in-
ventions and has another one
sold with the buyer waiting for
delivery.
The craWlcr-tjrpe systems
move Irrigation sprinklers and
pipe on 43 track-driven devices.
Powered by a gasoline engine,
tlie system allows one man to
move one-fourth mile of
riention pipe in less than
an hour.
Doyle said demand for
aystems will apparently be
great. He has hopes for aet’ing
up an assembly-line manufac-
turing plant with approximately
2S workers that ran produce
three units each week.
Development work started
about one year ago. First unit
was delivered recently Jo Bob
Jones of Plain*. Tex**, who
ha* five irrigation wells on hi*
900-acre farm. The crawler
units are adaptable in any
aandv or rolling land where It
la Impossible to run the irriga-
tion water down the rows and
where the farmer irrigatea by
the sprinkler system.
- Jones is able to move hi* one-
fourth mile of pipe In 21 minutes
with the Doyle-built unit.
Forty-three of the crawler
units were included in a one-
fourth mile system. They are all
powered by a single gasoline en-
gine in the center that turns a
. drive shaft connected to each
of them.
There are other methods and
devices for moving sprinkler
irrigation pipe. Wheels are used
to mount the pipe on. Still other
devices . use skids under the
pipe pulled into place by a regu-
lar farm tractor.
But each of these devices is
hampered by mud. After an irri-
gation set Is completed, the
wheels and skids bury into the
muddv soil and cannot be
moved. Doyle’s crawler-type
unit moves out of the mud with-
out problems.
Designed to sell for about $6.-
000, the crawler unuit is $2,000
below the sales price of the
wheel-type system.
"We are still making some
minor changes in our system.
Born Miss Hattie Mavo Feb
18. 1889 at Jacksbom, she mar-
ried E. W. Adkins Sent. 4. 1907
at- Seymour. The couple moved
to Stamford in 1939 Horn Sey-
mour and had made their home
here since that time.
Mrs. Adkins was a member of
St. John’s Me'hodist Church and
The Eastern Star —
Survivors include tier husband
of Stamford, two sons. Jay B.
Adkins, and Ligr Adkins, both
of Brownwood. one daughter.
Mr*. Margaret Givens. Wichita
Falls, one brother, John Mayo
The device will, crawl over (g f^velland; two sisters. Mrs.
deeply-furrowed land, across, Eula Crews of Stamford and
Mrs. Myrtle Lowrenre of Wich-
ita Falls; four grandchildren
and two great-grandeluldren.
Pallbearers were G. II Cobh.
Joe Benton,. John Watson.
Charles I-ong. Howard Rollout.
Don Caffey, Don Rose and Al-
bert Knipling.
Russ Russell, son of Mr.- and
Mrs. Norris Bussell, received
his Eagle Scout Badge Tuesday
night at a city-wide court of
honor at Central Presbyterian
Church.
While h4s parents looked or
nroudlv. young Russell received
the highest honor available in
scouting from I. Q. Hughes,
who was scoutmaster of the
first troop Russell Joined in
1959.
PrescntaMon of the high honor
their son to the Eagle rank.
Explosion, Fire
Claim One Life
A loud explosion unaltered ne the tragedy. Monday morning
stillness of a pleasant afternoon
Sunday and claimed the Life of
Mrs. Jessee Day, 74, at 310
East Campbell Street.
Tlie blast, heard throughout
the city, occurred about 3 p.m.
Sunday. The badly burned body
of Mrs. Day was found halfway
they announced that the ex-
plosion apparently resulted
from an accumulation of natural
gas. Ignited bj the' pilot light
on the water- heater.
The home was apparently
saturated with the gas fumes
when the explosion or cured.
lhr^*h ,ud0or U>adl"“ from tb* j causing flames to break out in
all sections of the home at the
burning home.
Firemen found
•the stately.
After Russ was presented his **"*'*1 ho"u‘ completely en-
gulfed by flames when Utey
badge and pin, Mrs, Russell
fastened the emblem to her
son’s Boyj Sj-out yptform, and
Russ in turn affixed on# on
lidr dresa. . _
Other htgh honor* Included
presentation of Star Scout*
James Bunkiey and Marvin
Gregory and two Life Scouts,
Richard Sellers and Jerry
Leavitt Jr.
First class badges went to
Mike Powell and Jackie Norred
answered a fire alarm turned
small ditches and any kind of
rough terrain, in addition to
pulling out of deep mud.
On a demonstration for Mr.
Jones at Plains, the units were
buried about 12 inches deep in
mud when the irrigation set was
completed. But the crawlers
pulled out of the mud easily.
Mr. Doyle, who did the en-
gineering and designing work
himself, says he hasn't definitely
decided whether he will try to
continue to market his product
himself or seek outside capital
climaxed an evening during second class scouts recognized
which scouts of all troops in
the community received merit
budges and honors.—- •
-Hughes recalled the first
camping expedition Russ went
on ns a member of his troop.
“Unfortunately. Russ ended
up cooking somc’hing that time
he couldn't eat.” Hughe* said.
"One of the greatest things
about working with scouts Is to
watch a boy grow into a man
as Russ has done."
He cited Russ' paron’s "who
pushed, helped and guided,"
In about throe minutes aflrr-
the blast was heard.
Many peraons who heard the
explosion thought*It was I-sctHP^si
boom caused by a tas'-flying
air craft. Fire Chief Dick Row-'
land w*a« listening to the radio
at the time of the explosion but
said he dismissed the matter
until the fire alarm was sound-
ed.
Fire Chief Rowland and Pence
same time.
Shattered gloss aim particles
of the bouse were blown 50 feet
away by. the force of tlie blast.
Steve Gallardo.. Donald Olson.
Matt Selmon. Mike Robinson.
Tommy Boyd, Lewis Lyckman,
and Bailey Haney,
Bev. Jerry Boles, pastor of
Central Presbyterian Church,
was mailer of ceremonies. Troy
Boone, district smut executive
from Abilene, served ax secre-
tary,
Assisting with presentation of
awand* Wel*e Rev. Temple
Lewis, Rev. David Freeman,
Rev. Rurgin Watkins, Kirk
Gregory, and Curtis Johfuon.
Justice Roscoe Hood conducted , jigAin.
red glass was strewn ail
over th»J neatly kept back yard
which had an abundance of
' Will plnklfowers and reflected
many hours of rarefui care by
tlie victim, a retired telephone
operator.
Firemen fought the fire about
an hour before bringing it under
control, they stood by for an-
other hour to keep the smolder-
ing structure from blazing up
Easter weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Johnson were
their daughter and family.
Capt. and Mrs. Allan J! Abe lor
and children of Iojredo. and son.
Charles, and his family of Fort
It’s Back in the News Again—
Stamford Man Sees Varmint
Cross Road North of Town
Clyde Langford. a hoarder tn
the Dav home, was out of town
when the Want occurred.
Rom April 14, 1885 at Bullard.
Mrs Day Was chief telephone
opera'oi in Stamford for many
years before retiring. She came
to Stamford in 1916 and was
married to Carl,C. Day In 1917.
She wax a member and for-
mer Sunday school teacher at
First Baptist Church.
Graveside funeral service was
conducted Monday afternoon at
4 p m at Highland Cemetery
wl'h Kinney Funeral Home In
charge. Hev. L. A. Sublett. pas-
tor of Calvary Baptist Church,
officiated.
Survivors include one sister
from Austin amt one sister from
Arizona.
That "Thing" is back
new* again.-L;7* " ” . _
Gould Wright of Stamford wax
returning to town about 6:30
o'clock Saturday night when a
animal crossed Ittghwv
omr
Former Judge
Hospitalized
in the to the east down one at those
creek beds." Wright said.
It w*4 still light and Wright
said he got a good look. "I'm
sure it Was not u coyote. It
didn’t run like one and It was
much larger." he said.
The “varmint" crossed the
'* . road Just a mile or so north of
1 the Keen slaughtering pen and
Wright said he stopoed there
and he and Jerry Keen went
hack to the creek bed but no
trace could* be found of the
animal.
This large animal, generally
thought to be a mountain lion
had been Seen on numerous
occasions but this Is the first
time in a month or so.
Sprinkler Irrigation—
Bob Jonep to ahown wltb hi* crawler-tvpe Irrifration onit that waa manufac-
tured in SUftiford by Doyle’s Machine S lop. The Plains, Texas farmer is shown
in the center of his one-fot;*th mile long system which has 43 crawlers, _
Hi G. (Pete) Andrews, Stam-
ford attorney and former Jones
County Judge. Is in Memorial
Hnsnltal. suffering wPh tw» _ f r*
broken wrists and a broken foe. j I r&CklY16n YY ill l»0
He was injured late Saturday Tn_ IVininra \lapt
on his ranch east of town. 10 ™ ■nuSrlJ WietTl
A horse Mr. Andrews wa«
Shout to ride started bucking
shortly after he go‘ tn the sad-
dle. Andrews grabbed bold of
the horn, freed his feet from
the stirrtups and Jumped.
• When he landed, he broke the
large bone fn each wrlat. dis-
located the second bone in the
right wrist, broke his' big tog
on file righ foot In two places
and suffered a Severely skinned
f*cr.
Mr. Andrew* was accompa-
nied to the ranch by his yeung
daughter; Diane. A ranchhand.
Pete Ruiz, brought him to tbe
hospital. ,
Smoke Damage
Heavy at Home
an extensive investigation into
Auditorium Bids
Will Be Opened
Here April 9
Bids on ronstructing the new
school auditorium for the Stam-
ford school sys.em will be open-
ed by the hoard of trustees at
a spec m I meeting Thursday
night. April 9 Bids originally
were to hove been opened on
March 31.
Regular meeting of the board
Thursday night of this week has
been postponed one week.
Among other business to he
taken care of is the canvassing
of the election to be held Tues-
day. April 7.
H. S. FitzGerald, school
supertn’endent, said no bids had
bc'en received at his office but
based on the amount at interest
being shown by contractors, be (Af VLI rl V 'ulpnc
anticipates many bids for the A/I TT • tJ* f (IUCII9
.project which Is expected to! . . . ^ _ .
cost in the neighborhood of I and
$300,000 when completed.' W Z -Vaden hom*|at 1402
... . . I Compton is expected to run Into
The new building will be lo- Mvfra| th„U(ian(1 donari ai the
rated on Orient S’rect. Just a , rpault nf , bUae at rwl.
few feet east of the property d Mon<1 anrin0on
line. In addition to the approx- Ko Wll bom.
tmatety fJ^mt-iuditoriuriLfte nrf dUcovored by a nflgh.
new building will house offices ^ who notlfi*d Stamford
fpr the school administrator. firwnen
Fire Chief Dick Rowland- said
the fire had apparently been
smoldering for a considerable
length ot time before it waa dis-
covered and reported. LaYsk of .<
oxygen in the houa* was
credl'ed with preventing the fir#
Rom blaalnj sooner. V**‘ /
The fire ftself > was quickly m
extinguished, but when flr*men
opened tbe house to get at tljp-
Are. they let in oxygen that
caused a great deal of smoke
damage *o the contents.
Chief Howland said the fire
Roy Arledge will be guept! apparently started from a faultv
speaker for the .Brotherhood , electrical engine in a garbage
meeting to be held in Fellow- disposal unit in the kitchen,
ship Hall, First Baptist Church. i-Heavlest damage was in tip
the nurse and t«x collector
Present plans are for the
building to be ready for use by
midterm -1965.
Boone and Pope of Abilene
are architects. The bond* have
been purchased by First| ©3
Texas of San Antoniq for a
bonus of 32500 and will bear 3W
per cent interest.
Group To Hear
Roy Arledge
______ y ,,
will compete Saturday nt win
ters in a /inrulrnntfitlar m«*et.
Last weekend at th» Red
Dog Relays In Ranger. Randy
Samuels placed second in -he
100-vard dash and won first
in the 440-yard run to page tj»e
Bulldog.- - V* 7
Jimmie Watson placed
i'Om :h In the Imr/ hurdles.
Mr. and Mrs Ed Sorrell *T>ent
the Easter holidays wPh their Monday evening. April 6 at 7 kitchen area, but
son, Billy Jack,. and his fam-
ily at McAllen, and with Mrs.
lets Hooper and two sons at
Santa Rosa..
o'clock.
Emphaali will be on personal
witnessing and a covered dish
supper will be held.
contents
of the home were heavily
damaged by ■moke and heat.
Thg less Waa at least partially
covered by Ruprance
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